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sounds like you have spent a lot of time and money on this, i'll
give you a few simple checks , will it start on a VERY small wiff of eather (starting fluid) if it does run you have a fuel problem,but most of all it will tell you that electrical portion is working that allows motor to run and confirm,fuel supply peoblem

diesel engines can be a real pain if you run them out of diesel and cost you a bit to get them started again, it's due to the air that gets into the injector valves. The seller should pay for the price of this or give you a refund if he is not willing to cover this cost, it's really not fair he have you come and pick it up saying it's run out of fuel, whats to say he never ran out days before which is why he's selling it! It's a job you need to get a garage to do and not as easy as just putting more diesel in. This used to be the case with older diesel engines anyway i'm unsure about the more modern ones. Good Luck...

Some times the extra amperage coming from the alternator the diesel motor will burn out the electrical components of a smaller vehicle. This is why you should never jump start your lawnmowers, motorcycles, or any small engine with a full size vehicle. Check your battery, then alternator, and keep tracing it back until you find the source of the problem.

tell type year of vechicle.some diesel engine primed at fuel filter.using small hand pump primer or using hand vacuum pump connect to fuel return line in which it will pull fuel from tank to the diesel injection pump.

Hey, I've got an R reg vito and they're all the bloody same. They're fitted with a "self priming pump" and i've used the quotation marks because they never bloody work! I've ran out of diesel in mine a few times due to a broken guage and it's always the same, depress pedal and for 30 second intervals crank the motor and depress the accelerator halfway. After an hour, multiple stalls and a flat battery it may choose to start. If you run out on a hill, forget it. The last time I ran out before I got pissed off and fixed the fuel guage I did just that and a handy hint if you're stuck on a hill in a vito and out of fuel is to always carry a posi drive screwdriver in your van. If you can bear the taste of diesel, unscrew the rubber hose on the clear fuel line that runs into the fuel filter on the left hand side and ****. The pipe's fitted with a n/r valve so once you taste diesel, reconnect it and crank for a bit and it'll start. If you happen to be really organised, keep a can of brake and clutch cleaner spray in your van and spray into the air intake in small bursts and it'll fire up in a second. The latter mentioned product is a must to have and works ten times better than any can of easy start. Finally when you have time I'd recommend doing what I did and fitting an inline hand primer pump to the clear fuel line which i've tested and removes the need for all of the above messing around. The simple fact is, the vitos self primer is s**t and cannot be relied upon so if you're like me and like to play petrol station poker, a £3.99 ball pump is a must.

It depends on the diesel engine. Some need to be towed to a shop and the injector taken apart, others just need to be cranked for a minute and maybe a little starting fluid. Newer, passenger vehicles and pickup trucks generally start a lot easier than some of the older and/or larger engines.

no need to take an injector out if you ran it out of fuel, the first thing to do is to remove the fuel filter and fill it with diesel then reinstall full fuel filter next if engine does not start quickly, crack an injector line loose to bleed the air when engine is running re-tighten fuel line

This is very important for Audi 1.9 TDI engine: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO RUN WITHOUT DIESEL FUEL IN RESERVOIR !!!
This type of engine is equipped with pump-nozzle injectors which develop up to 2050 bar injection pressure !
Remove the fuel filter, fill up with diesel fuel and put in place. After that try to start the engine with accelerator pedal to the floor. Heed of electric starter motor temperature and battery status! After 40 - 50 sec. of start attempting wait for 1 - 2 minutes for battery and electric starter motor revival. After few starting attemptions the engine must start.